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Refugee Admission numbers for FY2018

FY17 closed on September 30th:

September 30, 2017: Donald Trump had set the new ceiling for the year (FY17) at 50,000, but ultimately went over the cap for a total of 53,716 admitted. 23,594 entered the US since Trump was inaugurated in January 2017.

October 1, 2017: The President set the cap for FY18 at 45,000, and federal contractors wailed.

January 1, 2018: During the first three months of FY18, the US admitted 5,323 refugees. If this rate continued until September 30th, the last day of the fiscal year, we would admit around 22,000 for the year.

Mission

* Educate citizens about Refugee Resettlement Policy of the U.S. Government.

* Encourage grassroots citizenry to become involved in this issue and by becoming involved help direct the future of your community.

* Encourage reform of Refugee Resettlement Policy at a national level.

The owner of four dollar stores in Essex and Union counties has been charged with money laundering and other crimes after investigators determined more than $5 million in fraudulent food stamp transactions took place at his stores, authorities said today.

Muhammed Farooq, 49, of Somerset, was charged with money laundering, theft by deception and food stamp fraud when he was arrested today, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray said.

Farooq was arrested at around 9 a.m. as police executed search warrants at his four stores and his home, completing an eight-month investigation by the prosecutor’s office, the federal Division of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Inspector General, Murray said.

“The Food Stamp program is designed to help people in need,” said Essex County Deputy Chief Assistant Prosecutor Walter Dirkin, director of the county’s financial crimes unit. Any allegation of an abuse of the program will be investigated by this office.”

According to Murray, Farooq was allowing patrons to buy non-food items, such as electronics, with food stamps. He owns two stores in Newark, and one each in East Orange and Elizabeth, Murray said.

The purchases totaled roughly $5.2 million and went on for nearly 2 1/2 years, Murray said.

A search of Farooq’s Somerset home turned up $150,000 in cash, six computers, electronic food stamp machines and detailed business records, Dirkin said.

How did he get here—is he on an investor visa? Did he send money out of the country? Inquiring minds want to know!

Did you even know you could use food stamps in Dollar Stores?

For dozens more stories like this one from across the Nation, type ‘food stamp fraud’ into our search function.

Somewhat related: Food stamp use by refugees jumped dramatically with the arrival of the Obama Administration, here. The more people on food stamps, the richer the scammers become!